The activist investor battling with Bob Evans Farms Inc. has a new complaint against the company – its corporate jet.

Sandell Asset Management Corp. is criticizing the New Albany-based restaurant and food products company for selling a co-owned aircraft last year and buying a replacement.

“We question how the board could justify the ownership of a corporate jet,” the firm said.

Bob Evans since 2009 had joint ownership of a corporate aircraft with Delaware-based manufacturer Greif Inc. (NYSE:GEF), but the company sold it last year and purchased a different plane with Greif, according to Bob Evans’ preliminary proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bob Evans is responsible for day-to-day management, storage and maintenance of the aircraft. The sale price and maintenance costs were not disclosed.

Bob Evans (NASDAQ:BOBE) declined to comment beyond the proxy, where it said the aircraft is an efficient travel option and allows employees to be more productive than if commercial flights were used.

“The aircraft provides a confidential and highly productive environment in which to conduct business without the schedule constraints imposed by commercial airline services,” it said in the proxy.

The company did, however, eliminate car allowances and company cars starting in fiscal 2015 for all but CEO Steve Davis. Among the seven executives listed in the proxy, the car benefit ranged from $2,489 for one executive to $22,490 each for three executives. Davis’ benefit was $16,779. ( UPDATE: Bob Evans has eliminated the car allowance for Davis as well. At the time of the preliminary proxy filing, that detail had not been finalized.)

In Monday’s announcement, Sandell said Bob Evans has rejected its most recent attempt to compromise. The firm said it asked that only specific directors be replaced, rather than almost the entire board, for which it previously lobbied. It also asked that an outside investment bank be allowed to review the proposed strategic alternatives such as selling off restaurant real estate and splitting up the restaurant and food businesses. The directors Sandell wants replaced were not named.